Richard Taruskin

Richard Filler Taruskin (April 2, 1945 – July 1, 2022) was an American musicologist and music critic. He was the best known music historians of his generation. He wrote for The New York Times. He is best known for his survey of Western classical music, the six-volume Oxford History of Western Music. He also won the Kyoto Prize in 2017.

Taruskin died from esophageal cancer at a hospital in Oakland, California, on July 1, 2022, aged 77.

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